Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa is projected at 71.3 years in 2055: 74.3 for women and 68.3 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 5,641,722 people are projected to die; 47.4% of them would be 65 or older and 8.8% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

71.3

Women

74.3

Men

68.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.3

Deaths

5,641,722

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

210

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	14.35	22.64	74.3	68.3
1-4	1.50	2.12	74.4	68.9
5-9	0.59	1.02	70.8	65.4
10-14	0.43	0.73	66.0	60.8
15-19	0.66	1.31	61.1	56.0
20-24	0.94	2.03	56.3	51.3
25-29	1.21	2.33	51.6	46.8
30-34	1.53	2.79	46.9	42.3
35-39	2.04	3.56	42.2	37.9
40-44	2.92	4.85	37.6	33.5
45-49	4.00	6.67	33.1	29.3
50-54	5.94	9.79	28.7	25.2
55-59	8.49	13.67	24.5	21.3
60-64	13.31	20.66	20.5	17.7
65-69	21.34	31.18	16.7	14.3
70-74	34.67	47.97	13.3	11.3
75-79	55.10	74.45	10.3	8.7
80-84	87.97	116.08	7.8	6.5
85-89	136.77	178.63	5.8	4.8
90-94	203.28	264.81	4.3	3.5
95-99	291.18	359.67	3.2	2.7
100+	389.67	467.86	2.6	2.1

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2055

Year

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